Source: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/08/03/286890/nation-exposes-alec-prison-labor/
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing Low-Cost Prison Labor
As part of a larger series on the corporate-front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), journalists Mike Elk and Bob Sloan published a new expos� in the Nation looking at how the organization aggressively advocates for the use of prison labor across the country. Elk and Sloan chronicle how much of the legislation ALEC [...]
Content, dethroned
Jonathan Knee uses Netflix to argue in The Atlantic that content is not king and that aggregators are better at capturing value. That will be raw meat to those who claim that aggregators are content kleptomanics.
Knee’s analysis is good but there’s a critical element that needs to be underscored: Aggregation itself is not sufficient. [...]
Knee’s analysis is good but there’s a critical element that needs to be underscored: Aggregation itself is not sufficient. [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/buzzmachine/~3/PhphJfdC9yU/
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The United States Government and its presstitute media have wasted time and energy creating hysteria over a non-existent "debt ceiling crisis." After reading the "news" in the Ministry of Propaganda and witnessing the stupidity of the US government, the rest of the world is struck dumbfounded by the immaturity of the "world's only superpower."
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Decline-and-Fall-of-th-by-paul-craig-robert...
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Source: http://current.com/community/93374770_the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-empire.htm?xid=RSSfeed
New Obama motto: Yes, We Spam!
The King of Spamalot The social media-amusement of the day from D.C. involves the White House campaign to spam House and Senate Republicans on Twitter. You can see it in real time on the Barack Obama Twitter account. Here’s a screen grab to give you an idea of what it’s all about: The whole thing [...]
Source: http://michellemalkin.com/2011/07/29/new-obama-motto-yes-we-spam/
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Re: What to Do Next, Etc.
Go on an NR cruise, of course. Get complete information at www.nrcruise.com.
Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/273465/re-what-do-next-etc-jack-fowler
Barack and the Beanstalk
Shorter White House: "I am trading your social safety net cow for the promise of some magic beans that I will plant when I am re-elected which, by the way, David Plouffe assures me is totally gonna happen now. You can thank me later."
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/firedoglake/fdl/~3/HYt4y2GP8M8/
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